Arsenal boss determined to complete £40m double swoop – report

According to the Sun, Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is determined to pull off a sensational £40m double raid on Leicester City for Jamie Vardy and N’Golo Kante.

Our pursuit of Vardy is turning in to a saga as we’re still waiting for official confirmation [at the time of writing] as to whether he’ll be joining Arsenal or signing a new deal with Leicester.

The Mirror reported over the weekend that the 29-year-old had agreed personal terms over a four-year deal worth £100,000-a-week after holding face-to-face talks with Wenger on Friday.

The Evening Standard are reporting today that while Arsenal have met the 24-goal hitman’s £20m release clause, no medical took place on Sunday despite reports to the contrary as Vardy asked for more time to mull over his future after Leicester made a last ditch attempt to keep him.

However, the Sun claim that Wenger is ‘determined’ to land the former Fleetwood Town striker and wants to make it a sensational double swoop on the Leicester with N’Golo Kante also believed to be on his radar.

We’ve been strongly linked with Kante in recent months but the rumours subsided after we signed Granit Xhaka. However, the Sun seems to think that Wenger still wants to sign the French international and is willing to meet his £20m release clause making it a £40m double deal for the Foxes duo.

We aren’t the only ones interested as the newspaper says that Chelsea have opened talks over a potential deal while PSG are also showing a keen interest in taking Kante to Ligue 1.

I’m a huge fan of Kante but it’s difficult to believe that Wenger wants to sign the 25-year-old following the arrival of Xhaka unless one of our current crop of midfielders is set to leave this summer.

At the moment, we have six top class central midfielders in Xhaka, Coquelin, Wilshere, Cazorla, Elneny and Wilshere all vying for two spots, so there is no need to spend another £20m on Kante unless someone is going.

The most likely could be Coquelin as he plays in the same defensive midfield role as Kante but there haven’t been any reports linking him with a move anytime soon, so it’s going to be interesting to see how this plays out.

4 Comments

Peter Benovsky

June 6, 2016 at 3:34 pm

I dream. I dream to see a new Arsenal team, who play a more direct and powerful football. Czech and Tim Krul from Newcastle, Bellerin, Koschielni, Koulibaly and Murillo, also Cazorla, Coquelin, Xhaka and Kante and Ozil, Sanchez, Vardy and Mahrez. This is my dream.

Bonaroca:- After all those years of resisting to sign the right players Mr Wenger has decided to go on a frenzied spending spree. In my opinion instead of spending on Kante he should go in a search of a top Central Defender which now seems to be the weakest position in the whole set up for the coming Season when considering that Arsenal have enough top players and reserves to fill every position.

What happens realy. let speculation. Leicester really trying to keep Vardy, but this summer will lose also Mahrez and Kante. Leicester is a story that can be alive only with very much money. Are the owners ready to give them. Hardly. I think that Vardy guaranteed that he would sign with Arsenal but wants this to be bundled with Mahrez. Also wishes not to disclose now. Kante will go to PSG or Chelsea. If Arsenal really take Mahrez and Vardy, remains only buy Koulibaly and Murillo. And second goalkeeper Tim Krul from Newcastle. That’s all…